Gas price rises as Iranian drone hits tanker off Dubai and war grinds on
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Iran strikes a tanker off Dubai and reports suggest a first attack on an Iranian desalination plant, as the war pushes U.S. gas prices over the $4 mark.
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Live Live Updates: Iran war pushes U.S. gas price over $4 a gallon as Iranian drone hits loaded tanker off Dubai By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals March 31, 2026 / 6:21 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know about the Iran war today: After President Trump renewed his threat to attack Iran's civilian energy and water infrastructure if no deal is reached to end the war, Iranian state media said a water desalination plant on an island near the Strait of Hormuz was out of commission after being hit in a strike. Energy markets continue to convulse over uncertainty about the war, sending the average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. over $4 for the first time in almost four years as a massive tanker loaded with crude was hit by an Iranian drone off Dubai's coast Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu says his country has achieved at least half of its military objectives, but he has not said when he believes the deadly war with Iran that Israel and the U.S. are waging alone will end. New Updates 8m ago Water desalination plant on Iran's Qeshm island in Strait of Hormuz reportedly offline after strike Iranian media said Tuesday that an Israeli or U.S. airstrike had taken a water desalination plant on the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm offline. According to the Iranian government affiliated Borna News, the head of the Ministry of Health's Environmental and Labor Health Center said all drinking water on Qeshm is supplied by desalination and that the strike had taken the plant out of service. Borna cited the minister as saying repairs were not possible in the short term. There were unconfirmed reports that a power plant on the same island was also hit by a strike, and power and desalination plants are often linked. Qeshm is Iran's largest isl...
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